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In the underground labyrinths of New York City's subway system, beneath the third rail of a long forgotten line, Saul Williams discovered scrolls of aged yellowish-brown paper rolled tightly into a can of spray paint. His quest to decipher this mystical ancient text resulted in a primal... read more
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“I'm falling up flights of stairs. Scraping myself from the sidewalk. Jumping from rivers to bridges. Drowning in pure air.”
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“The fiery sun of my passions evaporates the love lakes of my soul, clouds my thoughts and rains you into existence. As I take flights on bolts of lightning. Claiming chaos as my concubine and you as my me. I of the storm. You of the sea. We of the moon. Land of the free. What have I done to deserve this? Am I happy?”
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“How could you not Realize the power of word After being forced To serve a sentence?”
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Dance. Even when your feet hurt. Dance like the fires of hell are upon you and you’re dodging every flame.
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You can’t learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts.
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My attention spans galaxies.
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in the words of Victor Hugo, “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”
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The future’s mistress is history’s whore.
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And maybe you should have before your bullshit manifested.
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Hip-hop is lying on the side of the road half dead to itself. Blood scrawled over its mangled flesh like jazz.
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Here it is! The contents of a balled-up fist. All the density of matter could never add up to this. Here’s the secret of the energy transferred by a kiss. Yes, the secret of eternity, the secret of bliss.
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There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people nod their heads, "yes," in the same way that they would in conversation with a loved one, a parent, professor, or minister.
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- Saul Williams (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: MTV
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Page Count: 208
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- Dewey: 811.54
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Poetry › 20th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Single Authors › United States
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Collections & Readers
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